Hair style is a cultural product which reflects living, cultural and artistic styles of each period and hair design is an instrument to present senses of value, tastes and circumstances as an element of total fashion, not simple decoration. Therefore, it has been recognized that hair cut of various styles are needed for new hair design according to new trends. Hair cut is a base for hair design with various styles. However, our country has not have satisfactory basic theories on hair cut and standards on education for hair design.
This study speculated basic hair cut design for which hair cut techniques and design elements and principles are applied. Characteristics of hair cut were analysed and hair art produced through new hair cut techniques was explained. For basic hair cut design with vertical and horizontal forms, principles of elevation and over direction were geometrically analysed. The geometrical principles of length difference formed by cutting angle through elevation and horizontal panel by over direction were analysed.
It is hoped that the results of the study will be used as data for basic education on changing techniques of hair style design.